New Delhi, Feb 23 (UNI) To provide an assured income support to the small and marginal farmers, the Government is launching the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).
Under this programme, vulnerable landholding farmer families, having cultivable land up to 2 hectares, will be provided direct income support at the rate of Rs 6,000 per year, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare said in a statement on Saturday.
This income support will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of beneficiary farmers, in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each.